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POOL I I ED AS NG We are what we share Proudly supported byA part of AUSTRALIA Attributing Creative Commons Materials What to include when attributing All Creative Commons (CC) licences require that users of the work attribute the creator. This is also a requirement under Australian copyright law. This means you always have to acknowledge the creator of the CC work you are using, as well as provide any relevant copyright information. For many users of CC material, attribution is one of the hardest parts of the process. This guide is designed to help you ensure you are attributing the creator of a CC licensed work in the best possible way. The same principles apply to providing attribution across all CC licences. You should: • credit the creator; • provide the title of the work; • provide the URL where the work is hosted; • indicate the type of licence it is available under and provide a link to the licence (so others can find out the licence terms); and • keep intact any copyright notice associated with the work. This may sound like a lot of information, but there is flexibility in the way you present it. With a bit of clever formatting and linking it is easy to include all this information, particularly in the digital environment. POOL.ORG.AU/POOLINGIDEASPOOL I I ED ASNG Attributing Creative Commons materials Of course, you do not have to include any information you cannot locate. However, you should make a good effort to find the relevant information for the material you are planning on using. Think about what you would want if it was your material. FlickrStorm (http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr- storm) is an online search tool that helps you find high-quality, CC-licensed Flickr photos and automatically generates an appropriate attribution. Searching for the keyword ‘lemon’ using FlickrStorm basic search returns a range of search results, including the image on the left. Notice the site includes an attribution for the sel

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